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[wez130]

Good point.

1. I preferred the log in box rather than a "blade" swiping down from the top. As well as that the login button is tiny and out of the way and on top of advertisements. I preferred the convenience of being able to type in my information straight away. The first thing I started to do without thinking was type my information into the new search bar (which is great) but I don't like that it was directly where the old log in form was.

2. Not sure if it's intentional but the section at the bottom of the forums below the "Share This Page" buttons looks horrible. I think this is just because the formatting is wrong. You have the different sections with different information where the statistics are all the way on the left and the figures all the way on the right.

3. Most of my gripes are with no defined edges around most of the coloured boxes on the forums. Maybe it's me being stupid but I think it looks better/cleaner when there isn't just blue going into light blue but blue then a black line and then light blue.

4. The forum descriptions have been removed. I preferred the old layout without the posts/threads statistics beneath the forum headers. Now there's just tons of empty space which seems like a big waste. This is what I mean:

5. In short I just prefer the design of the old forums. Everything looked cleaner and more defined.

Now there's a comparison, i actually think the old loooks dated now side by side, it's come a long way since yesterday, however, i do agree about the wasted space you've highlighted. It'd be nice if it would format to my screen better (29" UHD).

 

[wolfie138]

is >2080 posts in 24 hours a new record?

 

[Will Gill]

is >2080 posts in 24 hours a new record?

Definitely up there, the previous manic threads were about horrible incidents etc.. so I'm glad in a way this one started out with lots of moaning and now everyone is less irate

 

[Yaayuh!]

is >2080 posts in 24 hours a new record?

No, the record still stands with the "OCUK Gone Wild" thread in the restricted section.

 

[valkynaz]

Definitely up there, the previous manic threads were about horrible incidents etc.. so I'm glad in a way this one started out with lots of moaning and now everyone is less irate

Classic case of focusing on the negatives and ignoring the positives. Myself included in that lot (at least at the moment).

 

[Broken Hope]

Could the report button please be moved next to the other buttons on the right side please? Same for the edit button.

 

[Thesnipergecko]

Urgh change the quick reply box colour back! looks gash on my dark theme and I can't seem to override it!

body[contenteditable="true"] { background: white; color: black !important; }
body[contenteditable="true"] a:link,
body[contenteditable="true"] a:visited,
body[contenteditable="true"] a:focus,
body[contenteditable="true"] a:active
{ color: black  !important; }

 

[uncle_rufus]

Could the report button please be moved next to the other buttons on the right side please? Same for the edit button.

+1 Definitely agree with this, it looks odd.... moving it to the right would also presumably allow the buttons and signature area to sit side-by-side (vertically) as well, reducing some of the wasted space...

On a similar note, something about the post date and the post number could be tweaked a bit... They definitely have too much padding around them (particularly above)... I was wondering how they would look if they were inside the box containing the post content, but right at the top (in line with the new "new" indicator) and with a subtle line separating them from the actual post content, then the posts themselves could be butted up closer together...

At this point these are very minor style-niggles of course!

 

[v0n]

I've mentioned this one before, but now I start noticing it everywhere - I'm almost doubtful it can be fixed, because it seems to be one of those xenforo illogicalness: the multiquote mechanism

In the old vB multiquote was simple - you clicked Multi+ then another Multi+, then finally on the third post Quote button and all three Multiquotes would end up in your quick reply box.
In this xenu thing, it's like an afterthought - you click Multi+, then another Multi+,then Quote and only the post with the Quote goes into your quick reply box, the other two multiquotes are discarded. Because you are expected to find and press "insert quotes" button illogically positioned somewhere in Spain vs the other operational quote buttons.... The genius of overcomplicating something so blatantly simple I'm sure lies in the xenforo engine, but if there is a way to fix it - you know - it will make lives simple.

 

[kinobestew123]

Not sure if this has been pointed out yet but the OP suggests that the 3 digit long page number issue is fixed (Feek), here is a screenshot to show how it isn't. It seems to affect only the second to last page number.

 

[ChrisD.]

I've mentioned this one before, but now I start noticing it everywhere - I'm almost doubtful it can be fixed, because it seems to be one of those xenforo illogicalness: the multiquote mechanism

In the old vB multiquote was simple - you clicked Multi+ then another Multi+, then finally on the third post Quote button and all three Multiquotes would end up in your quick reply box.
In this xenu thing, it's like an afterthought - you click Multi+, then another Multi+,then Quote and only the post with the Quote goes into your quick reply box, the other two multiquotes are discarded. Because you are expected to find and press "insert quotes" button illogically positioned somewhere in Spain vs the other operational quote buttons.... The genius of overcomplicating something so blatantly simple I'm sure lies in the xenforo engine, but if there is a way to fix it - you know - it will make lives simple.

Clicking multi quote and then quote seems illogical to me. You either want to do one or the other.

 

[Legend]

Mentioned previously but can't fix this... cannot login in to the forum with Chrome unless in Incognito mode. Anyone know why this is??

 

[uncle_rufus]

Clicking multi quote and then quote seems illogical to me. You either want to do one or the other.

Yes, was about to say something similar - in fact in my earlier days on the forum it took me a while to understand how multi-quote worked in the first place... this system seems more intuitive despite being "different" to what we're used to

 

[agnes]

Please remove the horrible icons on the main forum page. The OcUK icon before the forum directory. It's really ugly.

 

[Werewolf]

Mentioned previously but can't fix this... cannot login in to the forum with Chrome unless in Incognito mode. Anyone know why this is??

That's odd, what version of Chrome and what OS?
I'm using it fine on Windows 10 at the moment.

 

[v0n]

Clicking multi quote and then quote seems illogical to me. You either want to do one or the other.

And yet that's the way multiquote works in every forum software known to man, other than xenforo. That's because by default Multi+ does nothing to the quick reply box since you may be quoting things on multiple pages. Surely it's more logical to press Quote button next to Multi button you were just using than have a third button across the screen for the purpose of inserting quotes to the quoted text (insert xzibit.gif) ?

 

[LiE]

Any chance we can get the buttons within the post area optimised for Retina like on other forums? The pixelation is pretty bad.

@EVH

Just to put up a comparison. This needs to support HiDPI.

ouch:


much better:

 

[mortals]

Threads which have triple digit numbers of pages (100+) aren't displaying correctly i.e. without overlapping - Appears to be resolved, looks OK now as far as I can see - Feek

I am seeing this issue on google chrome

4. The forum descriptions have been removed. I preferred the old layout without the posts/threads statistics beneath the forum headers. Now there's just tons of empty space which seems like a big waste. This is what I mean:

5. In short I just prefer the design of the old forums. Everything looked cleaner and more defined.

I personally agree with this, really prefer the old style.
The old style seemed to have more variation (even if it was the same colours)
The grid layout was much more defined & seemed clear.
The editor also looked much better with white background & black text.
The reply/quote buttons stood out more

Not sure if it's just google chrome but the text at the top (Mark Forums Read Search Forums Watched Forums Watched Threads New Posts) looks bad (tahoma font) compared to verdana which the rest of the forum seems to use.
eg:
tahoma
verdana

 

[ChrisD.]

And yet that's the way multiquote works in every forum software known to man, other than xenforo. That's because by default Multi+ does nothing to the quick reply box since you may be quoting things on multiple pages. Surely it's more logical to press Quote button next to Multi button you were just using than have a third button across the screen for the purpose of inserting quotes to the quoted text?

Reading that hurts my brain. It seems intuitive to me on here, yet I also don't have a problem with other forums (VB, IPboard) that I regularly use.

 

[Broken Hope]

+1 Definitely agree with this, it looks odd.... moving it to the right would also presumably allow the buttons and signature area to sit side-by-side (vertically) as well, reducing some of the wasted space...

On a similar note, something about the post date and the post number could be tweaked a bit... They definitely have too much padding around them (particularly above)... I was wondering how they would look if they were inside the box containing the post content, but right at the top (in line with the new "new" indicator) and with a subtle line separating them from the actual post content, then the posts themselves could be butted up closer together...

At this point these are very minor style-niggles of course!

The dark theme has fixed the post date/number padding if you're using that.